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Stratford Park

1 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +135 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +135 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Green Link Walk (Section 2)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

416 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycleway 22Cycling route

Named routeRef C22Regional cycle route

LCN 64Cycling route

Named routeRef 64Local cycle route

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

LeawayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cycleway 3Cycling route

Named routeRef C3Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

33,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2026

Coot · Magpie · Mute Swan · Mallard · Moorhen +31

CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

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Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects34 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Holcostethus sphacelatus · Hairy Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes +29

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holcostethus sphacelatusHolcostethus sphacelatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Formica cuniculariaFormica cunicularia
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Dorytomus ictorDorytomus ictor
Aspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneum
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Scatopse notataScatopse notata
Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Romualdius angustisetulusRomualdius angustisetulus2025
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2026

Coot · Magpie · Mute Swan · Mallard · Moorhen +31

CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects34 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Holcostethus sphacelatus · Hairy Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes +29

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holcostethus sphacelatusHolcostethus sphacelatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Formica cuniculariaFormica cunicularia
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Dorytomus ictorDorytomus ictor
Aspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneum
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Scatopse notataScatopse notata
Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Romualdius angustisetulusRomualdius angustisetulus2025
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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